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...both blinding speed and a diverse repertory of shifty moves. Skating at full steam, he will suddenly come to a dead stop in front of a startled defender. Then, without losing the puck, he can pivot in a full circle and either flip a backhand pass to a teammate or bolt around the defender. In a variation on the classic give-and-go of basketball, he will lob a lazy pass across the blue line to the center, then streak for the net in time to receive the return pass and slap it in. His awed teammates call him Moses...
Playing the angles in the net, Durno worries most about the unexpected. "Backhand shots are the most trouble. The forward never knows where it's going and neither do I. If you can't stop a slapshot, you don't belong on the ice. When they wind up to the rafters for the shot, you can't act surprised by the direction...
...third game, Fish took the first seven points and led, 13-9, but then he let up and lost the next five points. Tied at 14-14 in a no-set match, Stevens, in a gentlemanly move, admitted he carried the ball on a backhand return and lost the game. Fish easily won the fourth game...
Cincinnati's Lee May had to learn the hard way. In the first game the muscular first baseman drilled a sure-fire double down the third-base line-or so he and 51,531 fans thought. In one lightning motion, Brooks whirled across the line, snared the ball backhand and threw off-balance to nip May at first. Next game. May hit another shot down the line that the lunging Robinson speared on one knee and turned into a double play. Rubbing it in, Robby the Robber stole another base hit from Cincinnati in the third game with...
...calling the top editors together for a brutal analysis of that morning's issue. "That sketch on Page One today is grotesque," he snapped at a recent session. "The girl looks bizarre." Like Fairchild, Brady often fathers items in "Eye" and "Eye Too." He recently aimed a backhand at Abercrombie & Fitch because they did not stock tennis shorts in his waist size (32 in.). He picks up gossip by mixing with the Beautiful People at night and attending the parties that Fairchild shuns. In fact, the entire staff of WWD is expected to keep a lookout for potential "Eye" specks...